Sigüeiro to Santiago de Compostela
Arrival
- Distance
- 15.7 km
- Climb
- 210 m up, 180 m down
- Ground
- 200 to 310 m
- Time
- 4 to 5 hours
- Difficulty
- easy
- Underfoot
- dirt, paved, forest, urban, cobblestone
Where this day sits on the Camino Inglés
Above, the highest and lowest ground of each of its 6 stages. Below, the word each day is given.
From open-pilgrimages: each stage's highest and lowest ground and its interior theme.
The day
Fifteen kilometres. The shortest day. You wake before dawn in Sigüeiro and walk south through forest in the half-light. The Galician countryside gives way to suburbs and then the suburbs give way to the old north gate of Santiago, the Porta do Camiño. You walk under the arch and the cobbled streets of the old town wrap around you and you are climbing the last small hills toward the cathedral. The Praza do Obradoiro opens like a held breath. Pilgrims from Frances, Portugués, Norte, Primitivo, Inglés all arrive in this same square, by different roads, on different days, exhausted in slightly different ways. The cathedral does not care which route you walked. It is here for all of them.
What pilgrims often meet here
- Walking the last kilometres in quiet, alone or with chosen companions
- First view of the cathedral spires from the outskirts
- Entering Santiago through the Porta do Camiño on the north side
- Standing in the Praza do Obradoiro and not knowing what to do with the moment
- Receiving the Compostela at the Pilgrim's Office
- Finding a quiet bench in the cathedral garden afterward
Walking only six days is no less arrival than walking thirty. What did this short pilgrimage teach you that a longer one might not have?
The ground
Final day. Out of Sigüeiro the route runs south through forest and farmland, crosses the Sionlla and Sar river valleys, and climbs the last hill into the northern outskirts of Santiago. The arrival is into the historic centre via the Porta do Camiño on the north side of the old town.
The light
Sunrise and sunset in Sigüeiro depend on the day you walk.
Walk it with Pilgrim
Pilgrim doesn't carry the Camino Inglés as a route yet. You can still walk it with the app in Wander mode, speaking what arises and keeping it on your phone.